1. What is your favorite RPG and why?
Final Fantasy 9. Easily the best video game story I've ever heard, some of the best characters ever (Zidane is one of my all time favorite video game characters), and an amazingly detailed world that juts oozes charm and detail. The only downside the game has is that the battle system is slow.
2. What subgenre is your favorite and why?
Unsure, as I've played great games from all different varieties. Star Ocean 3 has my favorite battle system and the battles are in real time, but that's not enough to put it above all the other subgenres. I do wish there were more tactical RPGs though.
3. Does "RPG" do enough to describe a game in the genre?
It used to back in the 90s, but now the genre is so diluted that being described as an RPG doesn't really give many specifics.
4. If you had to chance, would you change the name to something else?
Possibly, but I can't think of anything good.
5. Would creating more defined subgenres help or hurt the appeal?
A little of both, probably. Casual gamers might be intimidated by the huge conglomerate of subgenres in a genre of games that already aren't the most popular among them. People who have been playing RPGs for years might could appreciate a more defined naming system, but most have one already.
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